Michael Kavanagh
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Mícheál Caomhánach | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Right corner-back | ||
| Born |
6 April 1979 Freshford, County Kilkenny, Ireland |
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| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Nickname | Mick | ||
| Occupation | Financial adviser | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| St. Lachtain's | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Kilkenny titles | 0 | ||
| Colleges(s) | |||
| Years | College | ||
| Waterford Institute of Technology | |||
| College titles | |||
| Fitzgibbon titles | 2 | ||
| Inter-county(ies)* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 1998–2012 | Kilkenny | 48 (0-1) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 10 | ||
| All-Irelands | 8 | ||
| NHL | 5 | ||
| All Stars | 4 | ||
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 22:07, 8 January 2015. | |||
Michael Kavanagh (born 6 April 1979) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a right corner-back for the Kilkenny senior team.
Born in Freshford, County Kilkenny, Kavanagh first excelled at hurling during his schooling at St. Kieran's College. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he first linked up with the Kilkenny minor team, before later joining the under-21 side. He joined the senior team during the 1998 championship. Kavanagh immediately became a regular member of the starting fifteen, and won seven All-Ireland medals, ten Leinster medals and five National League medals on the field of play. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on three occasions.
As a member of the Leinster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, Kavanagh won two Railway Cup medals. At club level he is an All-Ireland medallist with St. Lachtain's in the intermediate grade. In addition to this he has also won a set of Leinster and championship medals.
Throughout his career Kavanagh made 48 championship appearances. He announced his retirement from inter-county hurling on 9 February 2012.
Kavanagh is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation. In 2002 he won the first of four All-Star awards. He was also chosen as one of the 125 greatest hurlers of all-time in a 2009 poll. That same year Kavanagh was chosen on the Leinster team of the past twenty-five years.
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